With the Congress looking all set to form governments in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, social media was abuzz with several users mocking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its defeat despite the loud, polarising campaigns in the poll-bound states.
Jawaharlal Nehru, whom prime minister Narendra Modi never fails to blame during his public speeches, naturally became quality meme fodder.
Meri taraf mat dekhiye @narendramodi ji, ab main aapki koi madad nahi kar paunga. #ElectionResults2018 pic.twitter.com/ZYzHe9dond
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 Commentary (@RoflGandhi_) December 11, 2018
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, too, found a mention given that BJP leaders played an ostentatious pre-election gimmick through the Asthi Kalash Yatra:
मुझे डाल रहे थे कलश में, गये साले फ्लश में। 😂 #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/jglxcOGO2x
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 Commentary (@RoflGandhi_) December 11, 2018
Cartoonist Manjul came up with this interpretation of the M.P. results which see-sawed throughout:
Moment of silence for the state of UP that will now undergo a fresh set of “campaign experiments” in the run up to 2019 polls.
— www.sidin.co (@sidin) December 11, 2018
One user noted that despite BJP’s attempts to polarise voters, not every state could be turned into Uttar Pradesh:
https://twitter.com/RoshanKrRai/status/1072415162399973376
A comedian’s take on right-wing leaning news channels:
If you wanna get really hammered tonight have a shot Everytime Arnab says 'These results will have no impact on Lok Sabha 2019'
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) December 11, 2018
Political satirist Akash Bannerjee referred to Prime Minister Modi’s misogynist ‘vidhwa’ comment.
https://twitter.com/akashbanerjee/status/1072439143010066433
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